Lady Vikes sweep

Bronson’s volleyball team upped their record to 24-1, with a sweep of SJV rival White Pigeon.

The Lady Vikings won the first two games 25-13 and took game three 25-15.

“I thought we played better tonight than we have in a long, long time, Bronson coach Jean LaClair said. “This is a fun group of kids, who enjoy one another and they play for one another. Doesn’t matter who is in the game, they are going to support and cheer.”

Skyler Sobeski had 12 kills, 11 digs and one ace, Alexa Ratkowski added 31 assists, three kills, two digs and one ace.

Jill Pyles added three kills, three aces and three digs, Kassidy Bystry had 15 digs and two aces and Grace Pyles added seven digs and three aces.

Haley Russell had five kills, Kirin Cekander added two kills and two digs, Mallorie Bassage recorded eight kills and Lindsey Sikorski had one aces and three digs.

Also for Bronson, Allison Smith had four digs, Lauren VanVorst added two digs and Allison Sikorski had one kill.

“Allie Smith played a great game defensively, and offensively we were able to spread the ball around to many different hitters,” LaClair said.

Leading White Pigeon was Bethany Hagner with 10 digs and six kills, Danielle Chantrenne added six digs, three kills and two aces, Rachel Brock had five digs and Sydney Harmon had four kills.

“It was a tough night for us, they (Bronson) are a really a good team and well coached,” White Pigeon coach Tony Hooley said. “They definitely have a height advantage at the net.”

Hooley said that what concerned him the most in the loss was Bronson’s speed.

“What bothered me was how much faster they were on the floor defensively than us,” Hooley said. “We are a very scrappy team but that didn’t come into play tonight because of how well they terminated the ball.

“I actually thought we came away with some positives once you look at the game inside the game.”

Sturgis 25, 25, 25,

Loy Norrix 6, 21, 8

The Sturgis volleyball team improved to 2-0 in the SMAC with a sweep over Kalamazoo Loy Norrix Wednesday night.

The Lady Trojans pounded the Knights 25-6 in the first game then won 25-21 and 25-8.

“I thought we did a great job in the first set of establishing our offense,” coach Von Metzger said. “That comes from doing a nice job on serve receive and I thought we passed serve very well in the first and third sets.”

Rachel Anderson had 12 kills, 10 digs, three blocks and one ace, Kelsey Metzger added 21 assists, four digs, five kills and one ace.

Hollie Myers had six kills, four blocks, one dig and one ace, Jamie Lioy added four kills, two digs and three aces, Hannah Marchand recorded four aces, four digs, two kills, one assist and one block, Morgen Brenneman had two kills, Courtney Lovelace added three digs, Morgan Pueschel had seven digs, three aces, Cassidy Sheehan added three digs and Paige Robinson had three kills and two blocks.

Sturgis’ JV team beat Loy Norrix 25-21 and 25-23.

Taylor Bennett had six kills and five digs, Cloie Laroy had six kills and three aces and Paige Andrews added 19 assists and two kills.